by
Emily Dickinson (1830 - 1886)
Blazing in gold and quenching in Purple
Language: English
Blazing in gold and quenching in Purple,
Leaping like Leopards to the Sky
Then at the feet of the old Horizon
Laying her spotted Face to die;
Stooping as low as the [Otter's]1 Window,
Touching the Roof and tinting the Barn,
Kissing her Bonnet to the Meadow, --
And the Juggler of Day is gone.
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1 Farwell: "kitchen"; in another version of Dickinson: "oriel"
Text Authorship:
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Arthur Farwell (1872 - 1952), "Blazing in gold" [
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]
- by Augusta Read Thomas (b. 1964), "Blazing in gold and quenching in Purple
", 2002, first performed 2002 [solo soprano, SATB chorus and orchestra], from Chanting to Paradise, no. 3. [
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- by Augusta Read Thomas (b. 1964), "Juggler of Day", 2007, first performed 2007. [SSAA chorus a cappella] [
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]
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- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , title unknown, copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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Word count: 55
Brillant en Or, s'éteignant en Pourpre
Language: French (Français) after the English
Brillant en Or, s'éteignant en Pourpre,
Sautant comme les Léopards dans le Ciel
Puis aux pieds du vieil Horizon
Couchant sa Face tachetée pour mourir
S'inclinant aussi bas que la fenêtre de la loutre
Touchant le Toit et teintant la Grange
Baisant de son bonnet le Pré
Et le Jongleur du Jour est parti.
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